Fishing-reel.



f. v. PHILLIPS. FISHING REEL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18' 1914.

Patented May 25, 1915.

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FISHING REEL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, .1914.

1,140,608. Patented May 25, 1915.

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1,140,608. I Specification of Letters Patent- Patented May 25, 1915.

7 Application filed May 18, 1914. Serial No. 839,367. I

To all'whom it may concern: Fig. is a vertical section of the reel usedBe it known that I, FRANCIS V. PHILLIPS, in connection with this caster.a citizen of. the United States, residing at In the embodimentillustrated, this im- Orlando, in the county of Orange and State proveddevice is shown constructed in the 50 of Florida, have invented certainnew and form of a spring gun 1 the stock 2 of which useful Improvementsin Fishing-Reels; and may bemade of woodor other suitable ma- 1 dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, terial, the barrel portionbeing formed of and exact description of the invention, such laterallyspaced side bars 3 and 4 preferias'will enable others skilled the art toably constructed of steel and which has a 65 10- which it appertains tomake and use the gripping member 5 disposed'b'etween them same.intermediately of their ends and projecting This invention relates toimprovements in beyond the lower edges thereof as shown mechanical baitcasters for prope ling the clearly in Fig. 1. These bars '3 and 4 havebait and unreeling the line. 7 their outer ends offset outwardly by in-70 The main. object of the invention is to clined or diverging elements6, said offset provide a mechanical device for the use of ends extendingin parallelplanes from the fishermen for making a long distance castouter ends of said elements 6 and in planes of the sinker and baitedhook which is esparallel with the body portion of the bars. peciallyuseful for shore fishing, avoiding A stub shaft or pivot pin 7 connectsthe 75 2c the necessity of the fishermen wading in outer extremities ofsaid bars 3 and 4 and the water to throw their line to the desired onthis shaft is mounted a projector in distance. the form ofa spring arm 8having one end Another object is to provide a device of rolled or bentto form a bearing 9 which this character with means for varying theencircles the pin 7 and this arm is then ex- 0 distance of the cast andfor so controlling tended downwardly to form a straight 1 it that theoperator may become very expert member 10st the end of which it iscurved in casting to any desired point. x to form another bearing 11 toreceive 9. Another object is to provide a mechanical pivot pin 12 onwhich a yoke 13 is mounted bait caster with means for directing the forcontrolling the tension of said spring 85 80 line of travel of thebaited hook carrying arm ina manner to be described.

end of the line to cause it to curve out over After the inner end of thearm 8 is bent the water when projected. V to form the bearing 11 it isextended parallel With these and other objects in view, with the member10, is curved over the bearthe invention consists of certain novelfesting 9 and brought around through the yoke b 'tures of construction,combination and ar- 13 producing a spring coil 14 which places'rangement of parts as will; be more fully the arm 8 under tension andcauses it to described and claimed. fly outward when released into theposition In the accompanying drawingsrFigure 1 shown in Fig. 2. The freeend of the arm 8 represents a side elevation of this'improvedi is curvedlongitudinally outward as shown 95 device with the projecting elementshown at 15 and-is curved laterally as shown in v inclosed inoperativeposition; Fig. 2 is a Fig. 4, said lateral curvature gradually similarView partly in section with the pro-- merging into a flat portion formedat the jector in extended or operative position; other end of the arm.The longitudinal Fig. 3 is a longitudinal horizontal section curvatureof the free end of arm 8 prevents 1 thereof takenon the line 3-3' ofFig. 1; the cast from going upward and gives it an Fig. 4- is atransverse vertical section taken ,easy curve out over the water whenthegun on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;-Fig. 5 is a transis held-in substantiallyhorizontal position. verse section taken. on line 55 of Fig. 1;Fig..This lateral curvature of the arm serves to 6 is a plan View of-thedevice; Fig. 7 isa reinforce and strengthen it and also to iorm 105detail perspective view on an enlarged scale a trough-like receptaclefor housing the showing the connected endof the prosinker and hook whenin inoperative pojector; Fig. 8 is a side elevation partly in sition asshown in Fig. 1.

section showing a slightly difierent form-of Two spring pressed triggers16 are mountthe invention 'with the pro ector in closed ed on oppositesides of the gun barrel near 71.

position; Fig. 9 is a similar view with the its connection wlth thestock thereofand the projector in open operative position; and hook endsof these triggers are positioned to ends inwardly-to adapt the triggersto reliably clamp the arm 8. l v

The yoke 13 is mounted on the pivot pin 12 and as shown, 'issubstantially U-shaped being connected intermediately of its ends withsaid pivot pin andhaving its free ends projecting at an oblique anglefrom said pin and extending longitudinally of said yoke.

to form. ad usting arms 20 which extend on opposite sides of theenlarged freeends of the bars 3 and 4 and pass through apertures in theheads 21 of a double handed bolt 22 which extends through said bars-andprojects-on opposite sides thereof. These arms 20 are adjustably held inthese apertured heads 21 by meansof set screws 23 which are screwed hometo clamp said arms securely to said heads after the yoke has beenadjusted to regulate the spring coil 14. When the device is not'in use,these yoke arms 20 are released by loosening the screws 23 which permitsthe arm 8 to be swung down into closed position without any tensionbeing placed on the spring portion thereof and when swung into thisposition, it is held closed by the triggers 16. Sinker lugs 19 aremounted for longitudinal adjustincnton the arm 8 and their position maybe varied to change the distance of the cast, also the cast may be gagedby such adjustment and thus enable the user to' become an expert incasting to any desired point.

An apertured car 24 extends laterally from the cross bar ried by a reel26 gun barrel.

The reel hereinshown, comprises a drum?" 28 in the hub if U thereof andis mounted on a shaft 29 which'zj-jhas'a'hook+shaped finger 36' extendsthrough the side bars 3 and 4 and" 27 having anti-friction rollers isprovided on the portion between said side bars with a spacing element30. This shaft 29 projects at one end beyond the reel 26v and has aspring arm 31 revolnbly mounted thereon and at the upper end of which ispivotally mounted a handle 32. ,Theinner end of this handle cam 33adapted when the free'je handle is swung upwardly" to-contact'w t it isdesired to release theline when the device is to be used for casting,this handle 32 is. swung downwardly thereby disengaging said handlebeing holding pro ector 84 is shown the free'ienidxof a gun is pivotallyconnected mounted at one side of the,

of the yoke 13 and forms a guide for the fishing line 2? which is cartl'i' e slide 36, the

32 is provided with. a

the cam 33 thereof from the drum 27 thus permitting said anti-frictionrollers. that this handle 32 may be used as a brake for controlling theunwinding of the line, raised gradually and gently for this purpose tocause the desired amount of friction to be exerted on the reel drum.

In the use of this invention, the parts being in the position shown. inFig.1 when it is desired to cast the line some distance from theposition occupied by the operator, the yoke arms 20 are adjusted'toexert the desired tension on the coiled spring 14 and the triggers 16are released by pressing on their outwardly curved ends therebydisengaging the hooks 17 thereof from the arm 8. This arm 8' on whichthe baited hooks and sinker are disposed is projected outwardly by thetension of the spring 14 into the position shownin Fig. 2 and thismovement of this arm 8 causes the bait and sinker to be thrown withconsiderable force and projected to any desired distance according tothe tension of the spring 14, it being underwardly to release the drumto permit the line to feed freely therefrom, said line being drum toturn freely on said It will also be obvious guided through the aperturedear 24 on the yoke 13. V

This device may be made indifferent sizes suitable for casting fromshores or from boats and when used, the fishermen may remain seatedthereby avoiding'the danger of upsetting the small boat.

While this device is described for use by fishermen, it is obvious thatit may also be constructed on a reduced scale and used as a toy.

In-th'e' form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the barrel B. A link 35 at one endwith said and at its other end with a slide nted on the barrel B andbetween I end of which and a fixed catch 37 isp'ose'd a coiled spring38. The slide 36 which is'ada t-' to be. engaged by a trigger 39 forholding t (ring coil 38 in compressed condition I ej fprojeetor closed.p v When the trigger is actuated torelease spring 38 will. exert itsension'to. force said slide outwardly and nsequently to project the inecarried there ca St .tlie "l I I 1 a l y d eariags formed a 611d of saidSpring, ing through said bearings and carried" by pivotally mounted onprojector 8 and pins extend said supporting structure, a yokeencirciingg said spring and fulcrumed intermediately of its ends on oneof saidpins with the free ends of the arms projecting be 0nd saidfulcrum, apertured means on sai structure through which said armsextend, and means for adjustably locking said arms in said aperturedmeans for varying the tension of said spring.

2. A caster comprising a supporting structure, 'a line projecting armmerging at'zo'ne end into 'a coiled spring terminating in laterally saced bearings, pins extending through said earings carried by saidsupportin structure, a yoke encircling said spring an fuicrumedintermediately of its ends on one of said pins with the free ends of thearms projecting beyond said fulcrum, apertured means on said structurethrough which said arms extend, and means for adjustably lock- 20FRANCIS v. PHILLIPS.

'Witnesses: I

P. P. SCHWARTZ, C. DICKINSON.

